Shawn Green is probably the greatest jew in baseball (and actually observes the religion from as much as I can tell)

go sox

elrod

05-14-2005, 11:11 AM

serious question --- what makes one a jew?

Shawn Green is probably the greatest jew in baseball (and actually observes the religion from as much as I can tell)

go sox

Well, there is no easy answer. Judaism is an ethnicity and a culture as well as a religion. In many ways it's tribal, with genetic descendants going back to ancient Israel. I'm Jewish but not religious. I look at the religious celebrations and ceremonies of Judaism as myths, practices and customs of my ancestors, and treat them with that kind of reverence.

Ol' No. 2

05-14-2005, 11:47 AM

serious question --- what makes one a jew?

Shawn Green is probably the greatest jew in baseball (and actually observes the religion from as much as I can tell)

go soxEver heard of Hank Greenberg? Sandy Koufax?

MRKARNO

05-14-2005, 11:58 AM

Ever heard of Hank Greenberg? Sandy Koufax?

That might be in reference to active players, though it's quickly becoming Jason Marquis...

MeanFish

05-14-2005, 12:00 PM

That might be in reference to active players, though it's quickly becoming Jason Marquis...

In a sidenote, perhaps that Lincoln/Mercury dealer should have had HIM do the commercial. After all, he's a way better pitcher than Kerry Wood and has the almost the same name as one of their cars to boot!

owensmouth

05-14-2005, 12:05 PM

Ever heard of Hank Greenberg? Sandy Koufax?I agree with you, but I believe he was thinking of active ballplayers.

hose

05-14-2005, 12:06 PM

This was the original league back in the day.:cool:

12 Tribes of Isreal

Judah

Benjamin

Levi

Ephraim

Manasseh

Simeon

Zebulun

Gad

Rueben

Napthali

Asher

Issachar

Mickster

05-14-2005, 12:10 PM

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05-14-2005, 12:24 PM

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Stroker Ace

05-14-2005, 12:54 PM

IIRC, ESPN had a list of current Jewish MLB players a year or two ago.

34 Inch Stick

05-14-2005, 01:44 PM

Remember the joke in the movie Airplane where the passenger asks for some light reading and the stewardess gives him a small pamphelet of the greatest Jewish sports heros?

White Sox Josh

05-14-2005, 02:37 PM

I remember an interview with him last year when he said he was half jewish. He is also 25% Native American I believe.

MisterB

05-14-2005, 02:48 PM

In a sidenote, perhaps that Lincoln/Mercury dealer should have had HIM do the commercial. After all, he's a way better pitcher than Kerry Wood and has the almost the same name as one of their cars to boot!

:hijacked:

Actually Marquis Grissom would be the ultimate since he's actually named after the car. His dad worked at the Ford plant in Atlanta and that was the model on the assembly line at the time he was born. (Good thing it wasn't the Comet or Montclair :D:)

FarWestChicago

05-14-2005, 03:52 PM

:hijacked:

Actually Marquis Grissom would be the ultimate since he's actually named after the car. His dad worked at the Ford plant in Atlanta and that was the model on the assembly line at the time he was born. (Good thing it wasn't the Comet or Montclair :D:)Yeah, but that's a good hijack. :thumbsup:

Ol' No. 2

05-14-2005, 03:55 PM

:hijacked:

Actually Marquis Grissom would be the ultimate since he's actually named after the car. His dad worked at the Ford plant in Atlanta and that was the model on the assembly line at the time he was born. (Good thing it wasn't the Comet or Montclair :D:):crede What's wrong with being called "Comet"?

I want Mags back

05-14-2005, 03:58 PM

Being a jew, I think that would be cool. But concidering he wheres a huge cross during many interview, Im assuming he isnt